If an artist wants to get away, might as well have his retreat in secret. HL Architecture has created the perfect setting, a "camouflaged" mirrored studio situated in Amsterdam. All your disturbances get reflected back to themselves, thus giving you a pit of privacy. Oh, who are we kidding, this just brings everyone closer to you business because you have a cool studio.

After years of working as a digital creative for commercial companies, Amsterdam-based SIT decided to leave commercial work behind and get back to his artistic roots. In his monochrome series 'Haiiro,' he investigates the narrative possibility of the slow burn. SIT is interested in the notion that the impetus for decision making arises not in moments of impending crisis, what he calls the 'fast moving winds of change,' but the possibility for stillness to act as catalyst.

Lina Stigsson is originally from Sweden but has been living in Amsterdam for the last 15 years. She has been tattooing and creating some pretty steamy flash since 2002. You can catch her over at Admiraal Tattoo Studio in Amsterdam. Romance, lust and predators.

Check out these beautifully drawn seductive women from the hand of Martine Johanna. Martine is a Dutch born and raised artist, right from the green heart of the Netherlands, now living and working in Amsterdam. Most of her works are built up from a mixture of materials-- water-based oil paint, graphite, ink on wood or canvas, but sometimes paper & pencil is just enough to bring her playful ideas to life.

This is the true meaning of collaboration, even if it is a little disgusting. Two art schools in the Netherlands, Eindhovense School and SintLucas, collaborated on a chewing gum sculpture (already chewed) that seems to resemble some sort of victory, glory, and/or triumph. Weird, our rival high school used to just thrown milk bombs at us during the football games.

Lauren Hillebrandt is an Amsterdam-based photographer that works with themes of routine and the everyday. By forcing objects into new scenarios, she reinvents their original purpose, achieving a sense of absurdism that parallels her paradoxical feelings towards "daily, normal life."

Our March 2008 cover artist, Amsterdam-based Parra, just released these new limited-quantity porcelain sculpture with Toykyo he is calling, "Take A Rest." It was made in an edition of 70 sculptures in 3 colorways, (25 red, 25 blue, 20 black), standing/sitting at 20cm x 15cm, and comes in a screen printed, and numbered box.

Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the Casa Son Vida is a progressive project involving the construction of six high-end villas. The project comes from tec Architecture in collaboration with Amsterdam-based Marcel Wanders Studio, responsible for designing the interiors of the building.

Ryan McGinley can just capture color better than most contemporary photographers. You want to call it earthly colors shot almost as if you are on another planet. Take that beautiful yellow hue above, just a stunning backdrop to the nude subjects. Cinematic is the right word. The new body of work will be on display in Amsterdam starting April 9. More after the jump . . .

Hypebeast just produced a new short on Amsterdam-based illustrator, designer, and fine artist, Parra. We had Parra design a custom, bubbling cover for us in March 2008, and we always keep up with what he has going with Rockwell, his fine art, or any other Parra project. The recent furniture endeavors have been some of our favorite pieces. Watch the short after the jump . . .